Mabama weather in March

In March, Mabama sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 135 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Mabama's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mabama's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
8th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
135 mm
17.5 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:58 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
67%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical March day in Mabama reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Mabama

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mabama weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°14820.912.34.6
Feb28° / 19°12017.212.24.5
Mar28° / 19°13517.5124.8
Apr28° / 19°8912.711.95.6
May29° / 19°17311.86.5
Jun29° / 18°10.211.76.8
Jul29° / 18°0011.77.0
Aug30° / 19°00.111.86.2
Sep32° / 20°20.3125.3
Oct32° / 21°172.812.14.5
Nov30° / 21°9411.312.24.5
Dec28° / 19°15820.112.34.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33565
43763
53763
63763
73763
83862
93763
103664
113763
123862
133961
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Mabama gets around 135 mm of rain over 17.5 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 56% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
159
258
358
457
557
657
756
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955
1055
1154
1253
1353
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1552
1651
1751
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1952
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3061
3162

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 54% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
173558
273558
373558
473657
573657
673756
773756
873756
973855
1073855
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Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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127calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.17:007:06
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312.17:007:06
412.17:007:05
512.17:007:05
612.17:007:05
712.17:007:04
812.16:597:04
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1312.06:597:02
1412.06:597:01
1512.06:597:01
1612.06:587:01
1712.06:587:00
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1912.06:586:59
2012.06:586:59
2112.06:586:58
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2612.06:576:56
2712.06:576:56
2812.06:566:55
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3012.06:566:54
3112.06:566:54

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.53 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
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46.1Intense
56.1Intense
66.1Intense
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206.0Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Mabama

In seasonPeak

In March, Mabama sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mabama's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Mabama?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.8
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Mabama for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mabama in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Mabama sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mabama in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mabama peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 22UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mabama in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Mabama is worst in August — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (May, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1018 µg/m³May 136 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar10Good
Apr7Good
May6Good
Jun11Good
Jul18Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mabama?

Mabama sits at 5.1°S, 32.5°E, 1,142 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Tumbi, 23 km away.

NzegaIsakaKahamaTinde

Topography around Mabama

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mabama.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mabama has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 1,141 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 240 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m.

The land around Mabama is covered by shrubs (36%), trees (32%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (32%), trees (31%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), trees (33%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
240 m
80 km
346 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Tumbi 23 km · Tabora 35 km · Urambo 54 km · Sikonge 61 km · Nzega 125 km · Isaka 144 km · Kahama 145 km · Tinde 157 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,319
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
31.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 479
Religion
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mabama (-5.1333°, 32.5333°, elevation 1,142 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).